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News from the University of California, BerkeleyTue, 31 Mar 2015 20:41:40 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1As nation honors Dr. King, #BlackLivesMatter renews the dreamhttp://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2015/01/16/as-nation-honors-dr-king-blacklivesmatter-renews-the-dream/
http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2015/01/16/as-nation-honors-dr-king-blacklivesmatter-renews-the-dream/#commentsSat, 17 Jan 2015 00:03:42 +0000http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=46338As the nation pauses to honor Martin Luther King Jr., marking what would have been his 86th birthday, members of the campus community lend their voices to the #BlackLivesMatter movement. ]]>http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2015/01/16/as-nation-honors-dr-king-blacklivesmatter-renews-the-dream/feed/0Sociologist dubs police killings ‘the other capital punishment’http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/12/10/the-other-capital-punishment/
http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/12/10/the-other-capital-punishment/#commentsThu, 11 Dec 2014 00:55:25 +0000http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=45787As world attention focuses on police power in the United States following the deaths of Michael Brown, Eric Garner and Tamir Rice, sociologist Jerome Karabel writes in the Huffington Post on "The Other Capital Punishment," which he defines as "the killing of Americans by the police without benefit of charges, trial, jury or the right to appeal."]]>http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/12/10/the-other-capital-punishment/feed/0Message from Chancellor Dirks to campus communityhttp://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/12/07/message-from-chancellor-dirks-to-campus-community/
http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/12/07/message-from-chancellor-dirks-to-campus-community/#commentsMon, 08 Dec 2014 00:11:33 +0000http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=45717The chancellor calls on the members of our campus community to help maintain calm on and around the campus. ]]>http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/12/07/message-from-chancellor-dirks-to-campus-community/feed/0Scholars and readers respond to Ferguson fallouthttp://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/11/26/the-ferguson-fallout/
http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/11/26/the-ferguson-fallout/#commentsWed, 26 Nov 2014 20:14:07 +0000http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=45616This week, readers responded with passion to law professor john a. powell's post on the Berkeley Blog about the Ferguson decision. Meanwhile in California alumni magazine, social psychologist Jack Glaser discussed the "Burdens of Bias" and why the grand jury outcome came as no surprise to him.
]]>http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/11/26/the-ferguson-fallout/feed/0The decision in Ferguson: Deep disappointment, deep dividehttp://blogs.berkeley.edu/2014/11/25/a-response-to-ferguson-systemic-problems-require-systemic-solutions/
http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2014/11/25/a-response-to-ferguson-systemic-problems-require-systemic-solutions/#commentsTue, 25 Nov 2014 19:30:28 +0000http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=45591The grand jury's decision not to indict Ferguson, Mo. police officer Darren Wilson for fatally shooting Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, is clear evidence of the nation's deep divide, says john a. powell, director of the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at UC Berkeley: "What we are witnessing is a reflection of a systematic failure in our society." On the Berkeley Blog.
]]>http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2014/11/25/a-response-to-ferguson-systemic-problems-require-systemic-solutions/feed/0How a cardiac surgeon became ‘Egypt’s Jon Stewart’http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/10/29/bassem-youssef-video/
http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/10/29/bassem-youssef-video/#commentsWed, 29 Oct 2014 17:11:33 +0000http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=44891In this video interview, political satirist Bassem Youssef, who made a campus appearance Wednesday, discusses how his life and career changed after the 2011 Egyptian revolution, and shares his thoughts on free speech, student life and food.]]>http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/10/29/bassem-youssef-video/feed/0Media Advisory: UC Berkeley commemorates Free Speech Movement’s 50thhttp://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/09/16/media-advisory-uc-berkeley-commemorates-free-speech-movements-50th/
http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/09/16/media-advisory-uc-berkeley-commemorates-free-speech-movements-50th/#commentsTue, 16 Sep 2014 18:24:18 +0000http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=44089UC Berkeley is marking the 50th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement with several dozen special classes, sing-ins and a political poetry reading, a film series, panel discussions and lectures and more events on campus.]]>http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/09/16/media-advisory-uc-berkeley-commemorates-free-speech-movements-50th/feed/0Where T-shirt culture meets the black protest traditionhttp://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/09/08/where-t-shirt-culture-meets-the-black-protest-tradition/
http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/09/08/where-t-shirt-culture-meets-the-black-protest-tradition/#commentsMon, 08 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=43338For her dissertation research on T-shirts and the black-protest tradition, doctoral candidate Kimberly McNair has been known to visit street fairs and flea markets — to find new Ts and meet their vendors — as well as to read scholarly theory on performance, media and "remix" practices.]]>http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/09/08/where-t-shirt-culture-meets-the-black-protest-tradition/feed/0Berkeley researchers find police often incite violence at protestshttp://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/08/22/berkeley-researchers-find-police-often-incite-violence-at-protests/
http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/08/22/berkeley-researchers-find-police-often-incite-violence-at-protests/#commentsFri, 22 Aug 2014 19:10:25 +0000http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=43478Protests like the ones that have wracked Ferguson, Mo., this month often take a violent turn because of police actions that aren’t necessarily intended to provoke but have that effect, according to research led by a UC Berkeley graduate student.]]>http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/08/22/berkeley-researchers-find-police-often-incite-violence-at-protests/feed/0War, ‘mutiny’ and civil rights: Remembering Port Chicagohttp://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/07/10/remembering-port-chicago/
http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/07/10/remembering-port-chicago/#commentsThu, 10 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=42692To mark the 70th anniversary of a homefront disaster that led to the mutiny convictions of 50 African American sailors — and to the desegregation of the U.S. military — a number of Berkeley scholars, including sociologist Robert Allen and historian Leon Litwack, are set to take part in a July 17 symposium at Diablo Valley College on the "Port Chicago 50."]]>http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/07/10/remembering-port-chicago/feed/0Visual history, poster contest to mark FSM’s 50th anniversaryhttp://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/04/28/visual-history-poster-contest-to-mark-fsms-50th-anniversary/
http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/04/28/visual-history-poster-contest-to-mark-fsms-50th-anniversary/#commentsMon, 28 Apr 2014 21:00:06 +0000http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=41185The campus is gearing up for the 50th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement with a semester of events and activities commemorating the momentous events of 1964.]]>http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/04/28/visual-history-poster-contest-to-mark-fsms-50th-anniversary/feed/0Student ‘hackers’ design new ways to research the Free Speech Movementhttp://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/04/18/student-hackers-design-new-ways-to-research-the-free-speech-movement/
http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/04/18/student-hackers-design-new-ways-to-research-the-free-speech-movement/#commentsFri, 18 Apr 2014 22:30:45 +0000http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=40394Students were invited recently to develop a compelling user interface to the Bancroft Library's FSM Digital Archive, and shared their results 12 days later before a panel of judges. It's hoped that HackFSM will spur future efforts to make online collections more accessible and useful to scholars and the public.]]>http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/04/18/student-hackers-design-new-ways-to-research-the-free-speech-movement/feed/0Magnes exhibition explores intellectual migration from fascist Europe and rise of Nazism to Berkeleyhttp://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/02/04/magnes-exhibition-explores-intellectual-migration-from-fascist-europe-and-rise-of-nazism-to-berkeley/
http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/02/04/magnes-exhibition-explores-intellectual-migration-from-fascist-europe-and-rise-of-nazism-to-berkeley/#commentsTue, 04 Feb 2014 18:59:27 +0000http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=38764The newest exhibition at The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life traces the journeys of artists, writers and scholars who fled fascist Europe and eventually made their way to safety and intellectual prominence at Berkeley.]]>http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/02/04/magnes-exhibition-explores-intellectual-migration-from-fascist-europe-and-rise-of-nazism-to-berkeley/feed/0Crisis in Ukraine: A personal viewhttp://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/02/04/crisis-in-ukraine-a-personal-view/
http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/02/04/crisis-in-ukraine-a-personal-view/#commentsTue, 04 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=39015Berkeley economist Yuriy Gorodnichenko, a native of Ukraine, calls on the international community to push for a peaceful exit for that nation's embattled president. Help Ukrainians "turn this dark page of our history and modernize," he says in a Q&A with Public Affairs.]]>http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/02/04/crisis-in-ukraine-a-personal-view/feed/0‘At Berkeley’ airs Monday on PBS’ ‘Independent Lens’http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/01/10/at-berkeley-airs-monday-january-13-on-pbs-independent-lens/
http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/01/10/at-berkeley-airs-monday-january-13-on-pbs-independent-lens/#commentsSat, 11 Jan 2014 00:39:03 +0000http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=38529The award-winning documentary takes viewers from faculty meetings and classrooms to sporting events and campus protests during a time of crisis in 2010.]]>http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/01/10/at-berkeley-airs-monday-january-13-on-pbs-independent-lens/feed/0Finally, campus gets to see what Wiseman saw ‘At Berkeley’http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/12/05/wiseman-at-berkeley/
http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/12/05/wiseman-at-berkeley/#commentsThu, 05 Dec 2013 18:26:50 +0000http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=37959Three years after receiving unprecedented access to the campus's inner sanctums, legendary filmmaker Fred Wiseman returned with 'At Berkeley,' 244 minutes in the life of UC Berkeley. The documentary is getting a limited run in Bay Area theaters.]]>http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/12/05/wiseman-at-berkeley/feed/0Bancroft Library readies its largest political archive for scholars of the late Gov. Pat Brownhttp://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/11/07/bancroft-library-readies-its-largest-political-archive-for-scholars-of-the-late-gov-pat-brown/
http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/11/07/bancroft-library-readies-its-largest-political-archive-for-scholars-of-the-late-gov-pat-brown/#commentsThu, 07 Nov 2013 15:00:37 +0000http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=35981As the repository of many collections telling important stories about the American West and Mexico, the Bancroft Library draws hundreds of researchers. Now it's working to organize the largest archive of California political history: that of the late Edmund G. “Pat” Brown, California’s 32nd governor.]]>http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/11/07/bancroft-library-readies-its-largest-political-archive-for-scholars-of-the-late-gov-pat-brown/feed/0Behind the badge, the heart of an Old Bluehttp://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/08/30/alex-yao-behind-the-badge/
http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/08/30/alex-yao-behind-the-badge/#commentsFri, 30 Aug 2013 15:15:04 +0000http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=35821Alex Yao, UCPD's newest captain, arrived at Berkeley at 18 with the aim of becoming a doctor. Despite the detour, he's still advancing, per Thoreau, "in the direction of his dreams."]]>http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/08/30/alex-yao-behind-the-badge/feed/0Department of Education dismisses complaint alleging anti-Semitism at Berkeleyhttp://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/08/27/doe-dismisses-anti-semitism-complaint/
http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/08/27/doe-dismisses-anti-semitism-complaint/#commentsTue, 27 Aug 2013 23:00:38 +0000http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=35991The finding echoed a previous court ruling that protests critical of Israeli policies were constitutionally protected speech, and that campus administrators had “engaged in an ongoing dialogue with the opposing parties in an attempt to ensure that the rights of all persons are respected, and to minimize the potential for violence and unsafe conditions.” ]]>http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/08/27/doe-dismisses-anti-semitism-complaint/feed/0Using citizen videos, Rashomon Project seeks to protect activistshttp://www.nhpr.org/post/software-reveals-true-story-behind-citizen-videos
http://www.nhpr.org/post/software-reveals-true-story-behind-citizen-videos#commentsTue, 23 Jul 2013 19:53:04 +0000http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=35590As citizen-generated media grows increasingly integrated into protest coverage, software developed by UC Berkeley researchers could help protect activists against unjust persecution. Professor Ken Goldberg speaks with New Hampshire Public Radio about the Data and Democracy Initiative's Rashomon Project, which he leads.]]>http://www.nhpr.org/post/software-reveals-true-story-behind-citizen-videos/feed/0